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Atlas and the Hesperides by John Singer Sargent (1925).. The etymology of the name Atlas is uncertain. Virgil took pleasure in translating etymologies of Greek names by combining them with adjectives that explained them: for Atlas his adjective is durus, "hard, enduring", [9] which suggested to George Doig that Virgil was aware of the Greek τλῆναι "to endure"; Doig offers the further ...
God of mortality and father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, and Atlas. Mνημοσύνη (Mnēmosýnē) Mnemosyne: Goddess of memory and remembrance, and mother of the Nine Muses. Ὠκεανός (Ōceanós) Oceanus: God of the all-encircling river Oceans around the Earth, the fount of all the Earth's fresh-water. Φοίβη (Phoíbē) Phoebe
Articles to the Greek god Atlas and his depictions. He was a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy in Greek mythology.
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background. Key: Dotted lines show a marriage or affair. Key: Solid lines show children.
The one shown presents the Olympian gods feasting around a tripod table holding the golden Apple of the Hesperides. [29] The Walters Art Museum. The Hesperides tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world, located near the Atlas mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus the world ocean . [ 30 ]
This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world.. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere
Atlas (mythology) (2 C, 15 P) C. Castor and Pollux (55 P) ... Pages in category "Greek gods" The following 124 pages are in this category, out of 124 total.
An Earth god or Earth goddess is a deification of the Earth associated with a figure with chthonic or terrestrial attributes. There are many different Earth goddesses and gods in many different cultures mythology. However, Earth is usually portrayed as a goddess. Earth goddesses are often associated with the chthonic deities of the underworld. [1]